VENOVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Development of a novel, non-hormonal female contraceptive device to submit IDE

Based based in CAMBRIDGE, MA, VENOVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. works in eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development, founded in 2019.

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PROJECT SUMMARY
Venova Technologies is a women-led medical device startup, developing an innovative non-hormonal female
contraceptive device designed to be long acting and side effect free. Venova Technologies is applying for a
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant to advance the development of our patent-pending
technology in anticipation of future primate testing and clinical trials. Over the past several decades,
contraceptive innovation has primarily targeted new delivery modes of hormones that follow the same
mechanism of action as the birth control pill, which was FDA approved over sixty years ago. Despite the
availability of numerous types of contraception, many women remain dissatisfied and will discontinue birth
control use; in many cases, the side effects are unacceptable, and available methods do not meet their needs.
The majority of effective contraceptive methods contain hormones and are associated with menstrual changes,
such as irregular or prolonged bleeding or amenorrhea. The only highly effective, reversible, non-hormonal
method in the US is the copper intrauterine device (IUD) which can be associated with increased menstrual
bleeding and painful menstruation. Although other non-hormonal options (such as condoms, cervical caps,
diaphragms, and spermicides) do not alter menstruation, they have high failure rates. Although many women
prefer ho

As a business in eunice kennedy shriver national institute of child health and human development, VENOVA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. is listed here with the public details available about it.

The business is associated with CAMBRIDGE, MA.

Directory data places it at the SBIR/STTR stage.

Recorded headcount: 1-10 employees.

It has disclosed roughly $1.1M in funding.

Website: venovatechnologies.com